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Our supporters come from all over the world, but they all share one thing in common: a belief that changing the world for the better begins with addressing the most challenging questions. Meet our supporters.
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Impact Stories
CIFAR supporters and how their gifts have advanced research
Advancement
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is ensuring that the benefits of innovation extend to everyone
February 14, 2023
Donor Impact
Believe the Impossible: CIFAR is making societies stronger worldwide
December 01, 2022
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Why We Give: Charles Hantho & Eileen Mercier
October 04, 2022
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Believe the Impossible: How CIFAR is advancing health and well-being research worldwide
August 23, 2022
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A gift for the future
February 14, 2022
Donor Impact
Why I Give: Claire Trottier
October 01, 2021
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Why I Give: Laura Arrell
October 01, 2020 SUPPORT THE FUTURES FUND
The pandemic thrust science onto centre stage — around the globe, and at the dinner table.
The international scientific community has never demonstrated more creativity, curiosity, and cooperation than in the recent race to understand and halt the COVID-19 virus. This spirit will propel us into a prosperous and sustainable future.
For 40 years, CIFAR has convened the brightest minds, across geography and discipline, to ask questions that have never been asked before — and to address them in novel ways.
Join us in addressing the most pressing issues facing science and humanity, with a gift to the Futures Fund.
WAYS TO GIVE
Supporting cutting-edge research has never been easier.
There are many convenient ways to give to CIFAR. For more information, contact giving@cifar.ca
Give online
Conveniently make your gift online with your credit card. Simply click on the Donate Now button below, or in the footer on every page of our website.
Join the Knowledge Circle
Join a community asking questions that matter on the frontiers of research. As a member of CIFAR’s Knowledge Circle, you’ll enjoy unique access to visionary thinkers from around the world who are collaborating on some of the most challenging questions facing humanity. Through exclusive events and thought-provoking publications, you will join important global conversations and gain insights from across a transformative research portfolio that is creating a better world.
For more information, contact giving@cifar.ca
Give securities
Eliminate the tax on capital gains by transferring publicly-traded securities to CIFAR and receive a tax receipt for the full market value of the security. Simply print and complete a and send it to securities@cifar.ca and your broker. All the instructions are conveniently listed on the form.
Leave a Bequest
Let your commitment to a better world live on by leaving a bequest to CIFAR in your will. A charitable bequest is a direction in a donor’s will that instructs their executor(s)/trustee(s) to leave all or a portion of their assets to CIFAR. It is a meaningful way to reduce taxes, increase inheritances to loved ones and make a difference. To learn more about Charitable Bequests, please click or email legacy@cifar.ca and a member of our team will be pleased to assist you.
Give by mail
If you prefer to make your gift by mail using your credit card or cheque (made payable to CIFAR), please print and complete our and mail to:
CIFAR - Donations
MaRS Centre, West Tower
661 University Avenue, Suite 505
Toronto, ON M5G 1M1
Get a U.S. tax receipt
To give to CIFAR’s U.S. Foundation (CIAR) and receive a U.S. tax receipt, print and complete a . Return the form, along with a cheque payable to CIAR Association Inc. (please note: it is CIAR, not CIFAR) to:
CIFAR - Donations
MaRS Centre, West Tower
661 University Avenue, Suite 505
Toronto, ON M5G 1M1
LEAVE YOUR LEGACY.
YOUR LEGACY IS A GIFT TO THE FUTURE
In leaving a gift to CIFAR in your Will, you leave an imprint on the future. You help build an understanding of the finite and the infinite. Donors who leave a legacy find satisfaction in knowing that their generosity and hope for the future will long outlast their time on Earth, as they support a vision of a better future more tangible and real. Your legacy gift will support the next generation of scientists, establish new research areas, and provide answers to global challenges.
IMPACT
Your support makes a difference.
The world has been transformed by science and research. CIFAR fellows are helping children overcome the effects of poverty and neglect, applying artificial intelligence to fight COVID-19, developing new forms of clean energy technology, and deepening our understanding of the natural world.
CIFAR programs bring together the best research talent to tackle the most important questions. Many new ideas have been sparked by program interactions. These are sometimes manifest in new collaboration and at other times, more subtly, in charting the most promising paths of investigation in our field.
CIFAR is a spark that sets academic curiosity ablaze. Whether through program meetings, workshops or Knowledge Mobilization activities, CIFAR has a unique ability to ignite new collaborations and partnerships, which as an early career investigator is incredibly exciting.
In a world where having the freedom to do fundamental science is increasingly difficult, CIFAR gives us a forum to ask the big, daring questions where the answers are unknown.
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CIFAR is a registered charitable organization supported by the governments of Canada, Alberta and Quebec, as well as foundations, individuals, corporations and Canadian and international partner organizations.